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Bo'ness, British Linen Bank

Bank (Financial) (20th Century)

Site Name Bo'ness, British Linen Bank

Classification Bank (Financial) (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Market Street; East Pier Street

Canmore ID 144599

Site Number NS98SE 144

NGR NS 99887 81710

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/144599

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  • Council Falkirk
  • Parish Bo'ness And Carriden
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Falkirk
  • Former County West Lothian

Architecture Notes

Location unknown. It has been suggested that it may have been the Clydesdale Bank on Market Street. However, unseen newspaper report states British Linen Bank opened in Bo'ness on East Pier Street on 20 March 1925 (West Lothian Council library search).

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Plans:

Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh new

Attic 2, Bin 22, Bag 1 Dick Peddie & Walker Todd, 1926

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Characterisation

This site falls within the Bo'ness Town Centre Area of Townscape Character (NS98SE 201), which was defined as part of the RCAHMS Urban Survey Programme 2013. Text relating to the historical development and topography, and present character of the Bo'ness Town Centre Area of Townscape Character can be viewed at site NS98SE 201.

Information from RCAHMS (LK), January 2014

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